Sacred and Profanehttp://davidgibson.religionnews.com
David Gibson's blog at Religion News ServiceWed, 21 Jan 2015 17:35:26 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Pope Francis is confusing Rick Santorumhttp://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2015/01/21/pope-francis-confusing-rick-santorum/
http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2015/01/21/pope-francis-confusing-rick-santorum/#commentsWed, 21 Jan 2015 17:31:42 +0000http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/?p=549“It’s sometimes very difficult to listen to the pope and some of the things he says off the cuff, and this is one of them," the potential 2016 Republican presidential contender said about the pontiff's caution against Catholics breeding "like rabbits."

]]>http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2015/01/18/pope-francis-mis-interpreters-whos-punch-drunk-now/feed/15What Catholic conservatives need from the Synod — and Pope Francishttp://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/14/catholic-conservatives-need-synod-pope-francis/
http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/14/catholic-conservatives-need-synod-pope-francis/#commentsTue, 14 Oct 2014 14:51:21 +0000http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/?p=521A definitive statement by the synod and the pope that slams the door on the openings created by many bishops and cardinals. Hence the "freak out." Will they get it?

]]>http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/14/catholic-conservatives-need-synod-pope-francis/feed/8Vatican Synod at halfway mark: “The drama continues”http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/13/vatican-synod-halfway-mark-everything-table/
http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/13/vatican-synod-halfway-mark-everything-table/#commentsMon, 13 Oct 2014 11:59:58 +0000http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/?p=505A high-level Vatican summit of nearly 200 of the world's cardinal and bishops has released an interim report at the halfway point of their two-week meeting on how the Catholic Church can better meet the challenges of the modern family. Here's a look at what the participants and analysts are saying, in tweets:

]]>http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/13/vatican-synod-halfway-mark-everything-table/feed/2Synod Day 5, in Tweets: Children of same-sex couples, birth control. No Nobel? No problemhttp://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/10/synod-day-5-tweets/
http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/10/synod-day-5-tweets/#commentsFri, 10 Oct 2014 12:57:31 +0000http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/?p=492So Pope Francis didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize, but the Vatican is still making news as he watches his hierarchy hash out some hot-button topics. Here it is, in tweets:

]]>http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/10/synod-day-5-tweets/feed/0Synod Day 4 in Tweets: Discussions heat up, two camps emergehttp://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/09/synod-day-4-discussions-heat-two-camps-emerge/
http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/10/09/synod-day-4-discussions-heat-two-camps-emerge/#commentsThu, 09 Oct 2014 13:03:45 +0000http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/?p=481Divorce and remarriage, deductive v. inductive theology, and passing references to birth control. Everything you need to know, in as much as 140 character bites can do it justice

]]>http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/09/05/battle-fulton-sheens-body-bishop-jenky-goes-another-round-cardinal-dolan/feed/6Church “obsessed” with abortion — again? Pope’s Italian ally issues another wake-up callhttp://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/05/13/obsessed-abortion-etc-popes-italian-ally-issues-another-wake-call/
http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/05/13/obsessed-abortion-etc-popes-italian-ally-issues-another-wake-call/#commentsTue, 13 May 2014 15:34:07 +0000http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/?p=455Bishop Galantino: “I don’t identify with the expressionless person who stands outside the abortion clinic reciting their rosary, but with young people, who are still against this practice, but are instead fighting for quality of life, their health, their right to work.”

]]>http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/05/08/full-text-nuns-respond-vatican-rebuke-easy-discussion/feed/6UPDATE: Is Cardinal Mueller taking talking points on the nuns from NCR?http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/05/07/cardinal-mueller-taking-talking-points-nuns-ncr/
http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2014/05/07/cardinal-mueller-taking-talking-points-nuns-ncr/#commentsWed, 07 May 2014 16:35:05 +0000http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/?p=443A passage from the Vatican doctrinal czar's blast at the U.S. sisters seems lifted directly from a National Catholic Register story that made the same points the cardinal did this week.